The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any activity, equipment, operation and/or practice, man-made or man-caused, capable of generating fugitive dust or windblown particulate matter.
A. Exemptions: Any person seeking an exemption from any of the provisions of this chapter shall submit a petition to the city manager for approval.
B. The following activities are automatically exempted from the provisions of this chapter:
1. Governmental activities during emergencies, life threatening situations or in conjunction with any officially declared disaster or state of emergency.
2. Operations conducted by essential service utilities to provide electricity, natural gas, oil and gas transmission, cable television, telephone, water and sewage during service outages and emergency disruptions.
3. This chapter shall not apply to the generation of airborne particulate matter from undisturbed lands. (Ord. 526 (part), 2014)